Friction lighter



Jan, 12, 1943. J. EDENBURG FRICTION LIGHTER Filed April 10, 1940 /NVENToR Patented Jan. 12, 1943 FRICTION LIGHTER Josef Edenburg, Vienna,Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application April 10,1940, Serial No. 328,885

In Germany April 24, 1939 Claims.

. tuating means'terminating in a yieldable portion devised after themanner of the well known pocket clip. In these known devices theconstruction is of such a kind that pressure exercised upon theyieldable actuating means disengages a catch from a notch on theextinguishing cap and thus opens the cap of the lighter, while for theclosing of the cap a second pressing action is necessary which must beexerted upon the heated cap. It is obvious, therefore, that in using oneof the known devices the manipulator of the lighter runs the risk ofburning his finger.

Hence, the object of the present invention is the provision of alighter, capable of combination with a fountain-pen or the like, whichovercomes the aforesaid drawback. In other words, what I want to produceis a completely automatic lighter of this type which may be manipulatedwith ease and safety with one hand and without the slightest risk forthe manipulator of the device to burn his finger.

To solve this problem I provide the cylindrical staif-like lighter bodywith rod-like longitudinally shiftable actuating means being at one endpivotally connected to the extinguishing cap which also serves as driverfor the friction wheel by placing these shiftable actuating means underthe control of a tension spring which at the end of each actuationautomatically returns the shiftable actuating means to their startingposition.

In order to make my invention more readily understood I will now proceedto describe it with the aid ofthe accompanying drawing which forms apart of thisspeciflcation and in which the same or correspondingnumerals of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts. However,it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications whichcome within the scope of the claims hereunto appended can be showing thehollow extension of the staff-like lighter-body provided with aninternally threaded opening;

Fig. 3 is a side view of a fountain-pen provided at both ends withexternally threaded portions for fastening it in the hollow extension ofthe lighter;

Fig. 4 is a view of a lead pencil provided with a threaded portion forfastening it in the hollow extension of the lighter;

Fig. 5 is a view of the interiorly threaded auxiliary member by means ofwhich the lighter, fountain-pen and lead pencil may be assembled to formone single unit.

In the drawing I is the fuel chamber of the pocket-lighter shaped like acylindrical staff and having the thickness of the customary fountain- Ipen. Mounted on the upper wall 2 of the staff is a bearing 3 in which isrotatably journaled by means of a shaft 6 a friction or abrading wheel 4as well as an extinguishing cap 5, which latter in order to conform tothe diameter of the staff is naturally of comparatively small size. Theextinguishing cap 5 acts in known manner by means of a plate spring Iupon the clawshaped side face of the abrading wheel, so that -wheneverthe cap is opened the abrading wheel is rotated causing the latter todraw sparks from the spark producing member 8 whereby the fuel saturatedwick 9 will become inflamed. Because of its small size the extinguishingcap 5 will not be actuated directly but by means of the element I0 whichis shiftably mounted on the staff I by means of a loop II and which atits upper end I2 is pivotally connected to the end of the extinguishingcap by means of a bolt I3. Attached to the element I0 is a tensionspring I4 which automatically forces the element IIl back into itsstarting position after each actuation of the extinguishing cap. SpringI4 is arranged in a longitudinal recess I5 of the shaft I and suitablyfastened to the upper wall 2 of the staff.

The longitudinal opening of the recess I5 in the staff I is covered upby the element ID, for which reason the spring I4 is completely enclosedin the recess, the latter serving as housing for the spring. For itsconvenient manipulation the element I ii is provided with a projectionI6 which in the drawing is shown'with a fluted surface to furtherfacilitate the operation of the device. The lower portion II of theshiftable element III is constructed after the manner of the well-knownpocket clip for securing the lighter to the pocket of its owner.

As heretofore described the device is a completely automatic lighterwhich upon actuation of the element It! becomes lighted and which uponrelease of the pressure upon element Ill automatically closes because ofthe spring action of spring I4. However, it is also possible to changethe device to a semiautomatic one by providing staff I with a recess l9serving as catch for the ball l8 at the end of therclip ll when thelatter is in its lowermost position, whereupon the lighter will remaininflamed until a pressure upon ball 88 disengages the ball from itsposition in catch l9 and thus enables spring H to close the cap.

The lighter body i is provided with a hollow extension 28 whose open end2! is internally threaded to receive the externally threaded end 24 of ashort-sized fountain-pen 22 or the threaded end 24 of a lead pencil 23,completing in this way either the fountain-pen or the lead pencil to thecustomary size. It is further contemplated to provide the fountain-pen22 with a second exteriorly threaded portion 25, making it possible inthis way to screw the threaded end 25 with pen 26 projecting from itinto the hollow extension 20, the latter serving in this case as aprotective housing for the pen.

The invention further provides a hollow sleevelike "auxiliary member 21which is internally threaded and by means of which the lighter,fountain-pen and pencil may be assembled to form one single unit. Forthis purpose the founten-pen 22 is screwed into the hollow extension 20,after which the threaded portion 25 of the fountain-pen is fastened inone end of the auxiliary member 21 while the lead pencil 23 is screwedinto the other end of it.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a friction lighter and a writing implement,comprising a stafi-like writing implement and lighter body having a fuelchamber therein, an actuating member comprising manual operating means,said actuating member being shiftably mounted longitudinally of and onthe outside of said lighter body, said lighter body having alongitudinal recess thereon, a tension spring mounted in said recess,said recess and tension spring being covered and concealed by saidactuating member, said tension spring adapted to return said actuatingmember to its starting position at the end of each actuation, anextinguishing cap pivotally mounted on said lighter body and pivotallyconnected to said actuating member to be actuated thereby and to bereturned by said tension spring, an abrading element rotatably mountedon said lighter body and in driving engagement with said exitinguishingcap to be driven thereby, a spark producing member supported on saidlighter body to be acted upon by said abrading element, and a wicksupplied with fuel from said fuel chamber and arranged on said lighterbody within range of the sparks of said spark producing element andadapted to be extinguished by said extinguishing cap.

2. In a friction lighter capable of combination with a lead pencil, afountain-pen and the like, a staff-like lighter body having a fuelchamber therein, an actuating member comprising manual.

operating means and provided at its lower end with a yieldableextension. said actuating member being shiftably mounted longitudinallyon the outside of said lighter body, said lighter body having alongitudinal recess thereon, a tension spring mounted in said recess,said recess and tension spring being covered and concealed by saidactuating member, said tension spring adapted to return said actuatingmember to its starting position on the end of each actuation, anextinguishing cap pivotally mounted on said lighter body and pivotallyconnected to said actuating member to be actuated thereby and to bereturned by said tension spring, an abrading element rotatably mountedon said lighter body and in driving engagement with said extinguishingcap to be driven thereby, a spark producing member suitably supported onsaid lighter body to be acted upon by said abrading element, and a wicksupplied with fuel from said fuel chamber within range of the sparks ofsaid spark producing element and adapted to be extinguished by saidextinguishing cap.

3. In a friction lighter capable of combination with a lead pencil,fountain-pen and the like, a staff-like lighter body having a fuelchamber therein, an actuating member comprising manual operating meansand provided at its lower end with a yieldabie extension, said actuatingmember being shiftably mounted longitudinally of and on the outside ofsaid lighter body, said lighter body having a longitudinal recessthereon, a tension spring mounted in said recess, said recess andtension spring being covered and concealed by said actuating member,said tension spring adapted to return said' actuating member to itsstarting position on the end of each actuation, an extinguishing cappivotally mounted on said lighter body and pivotally connected to saidactuating member to be actuated thereby and to be returned by saidtension spring, an abradingelement rotatably mounted on said lighterbody and in driving engagement with said extinguishing cap to be driventhereby, a spark producing member suitably supported on said lighterbody'to be acted upon by said abrading element, and a wick supplied withfuel from said fuel chamber and arranged on said lighter body withinrange of said spark producing element and adapted to be extinguished bysaid extinguishing cap, the recess in the stafl-like lighter bodyserving as a catch for said yleldable extension to arrest said actuatingmember in its lower-most position, which is the position in which theextinguishing cap is fully opened.

4. The combination of a friction lighter and a pocket clip writingimplement comprising a stafflike writing implement and lighter bodyhaving a fuel chamber therein, an actuating member in theform of a rod'and comprising a projection thereon, said actuating member having thepocket clip at one end thereof integral with the rod and cooperatingwith the body and being shiftabiy mounted longitudinally of and on theoutside of and along said lighter body to be moved by said projection,an extinguishing cap pivotally mounted on said ghter body and pivotallyconnected to the ot end of said rod to be actuated thereby, an abradingelement rotatably mounted on said lighter body and in driving engagementwith said extinguishing cap to be driven thereby, a spark producingmember supported on said -lighter body to be acted upon by said abradingelement, and a wick supplied with fuel from said fuel chamber andarranged on said lighter body within range of the sparks of said sparkproducing element and adapted to be extinguished by said extinguishingcap when the rod shifts longitudinally on the lighter body.

5. The combination of a friction lighter and a pocket clip writingimplement comprising a stafilike writing implement and lighter bodyhaving a fuel chamber therein, an actuating member comprising manualoperating means, said actuating member having the pocket clip at one endthereof cooperating with the body and being shiftably mountedlongitudinally of and on the outside of and along said lighter body,said lighter body having a longitudinal recess thereon, a tension springmounted in said recess, said recess and tension spring being covered andconcealed by said actuating member, said tension spring adapted toreturn said actuating member to its starting position at the end of eachactuation, an extinguishing cap pivotally mounted on said lighter bodyand pivotally connected to the other end oi said actuating member to beactuated thereby and to be returned by said tension spring, an 'abradingelement rotatably mounted on said lighter body and in driving engagementwith said extinguishing cap to be driven thereby, a spark producingmember supported on said lighter body to be acted upon by said abradingelement, and a wick supplied with fuel from said fuel chamber andarranged on said lighter body within range of the sparks of said sparkproducing element and adapted to be extinguished by said extinguishingcap.

JOSEF EDENBURG.

